Punk Culture

Rooted in garage rock and reacting to excessive 70's rock balads, Punk rock developed in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. Bands created fast, raw and short music, often featuring political, anti-establishment lyrics and practiced a DIY (do it yourself) ethic, with many bands self-producing their albums, distributing them through informal channels and using guerilla marketing.

By late 1976, Punk began to spread around the globe taking root in local scenes that tended to reject association with the mainstream. Punk survived for a brief moment in time, morphing into other genres by 1980, however, the legacy of Punk as a lifestyle lives on in a celebration of rebellion, distinctive  personal style, DIY ethic and a variety of anti-establishment ideologies.

Papers from all disciplines utilizing all methodologies are welcome.

Appropriate topics related to Punk Lifestyle may include, but are not limited to:

History of Punk
Punk in Popular Culture
Punk Fashion
Punk in Literature
Punk Zines
Punk Comics
Punk Art

Punk Lifestyle
DIY ethic
Punk Influences Today

Please email by December 15, a 25-50 word bio and a 150- 200 word abstract that includes the title of your proposed paper to:

Anne Cecil
Director, Design & Merchandising
AW College of Media Arts & Design
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA 19104
acc27@drexel.edu